William Younger DBS Btlg malts 1939 - 1944

Let’s take a look at the ingredients, beginning with the malts.

Most iterations contained just three malts: pale, crystal and something described simply as “M”. I’m pretty sure it’s not mild malt, as the quantities are too small. My best guess would be melanoidin malt, or something similar.

The first beer in the table contains both black malt and roast barley. While later versions used exclusively the latter. It’s one of the few times I’ve come across roast barley in Scottish brewing record. Despite it supposedly being the main source of colour in Scottish beers. It wasn’t. That honour went to caramel.

Adjuncts next time. There are rather more of those.

William Younger DBS Btlg malts 1939 - 1944
Date	Year	OG	pale malt	black malt	crystal malt	M malt
14th Nov	1939	1066	43.30%	3.09%	3.09%
11th Oct	1940	1061	46.88%		3.13%	3.13%
27th Aug	1941	1060	46.39%		6.19%	3.09%
4th Mar	1942	1056	49.45%		6.59%	3.30%
31st Mar	1942	1053	61.36%		6.82%	3.41%
5th May	1942	1051	50.00%		7.14%	3.57%
27th Jan	1943	1053	64.04%		6.74%	3.37%
2nd Nov	1943	1053	57.30%		6.74%	3.37%
9th Nov	1943	1053	57.30%		6.74%	3.37%
18th May	1944	1051	57.30%			10.11%
Source:
William Younger brewing records held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document numbers WY/6/1/2/76, WY/6/1/2/77, WY/6/1/2/78, WY/6/1/2/7 and WY/6/1/2/81.